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World in an Orange Creating Theatre with Barney Simon

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ISBN-10: 1583227113

ISBN-13: 9781583227114

Edition: 2006

Authors: Irene Stephanou, Leila Henriques, Lionel Abrahams, Jane Fox

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"No one knows how many men and women who have become the makers of a unique black theatre and a unique non racial theatre in South Africa, known all over the world, come from [Barney Simon's] vision and patient energy as director/writer."-Nadine Gordimer Barney Simon (1932"1995) was the legendary artistic director, writer, and co-creator of the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, one of the most influential and distinguished theaters in South Africa and the world. He workshopped, wrote, and directed unforgettable and pertinent plays in his quest to "hold a mirror up high to society." He created works that are a testament to South Africa's recent history. Barney was very well known for his…    
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Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Publication date: 3/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 7.80" wide x 9.80" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 3.520
Language: English

Introduction: Irene Stephanou
Beginnings
Early Years: Quotations from interviews with Barney Simon, Lionel Abrahams, Molly Seftel
South African Stories: Barney remembers Dorkay House, Athol Fugard, Fats Dibeco, Vanessa Cooke, Sophie Mgcina, Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin, Sam Williams
The Arena: Barney on Harold Wolpe and Arthur Goldreich, Mannie Manim, Vanessa Cooke, Paul Slabolepszy, Danny Keogh, Dale Cutts, Patrick Mynhardt
A Home
Texture: Mannie Manim, Marius Weyers, Marcel van Heerden, Wilson Dunster, Aletta Bezuidenhout
Specifics: Ron Smerczak, Janice Honeyman, Sandra Prinsloo, Frantz Dobrowsky, Patrick Mynhardt
Workshop
Identity: Quotations from interviews with Barney Simon, Bo Petersen, Lesley Nott, John Ledwaba, Marie Human, Neil McCarthy, Gcina Mhlope, Vanessa Cooke, Thoko Ntshinga, Fiona Ramsay, Terry Norton
Woza Albert!: Mbongeni Ngema, Percy Mtwa, Dixon Malele
Research: Nicky Rebelo, Gys de Villiers, James Whyle, Matthew Krouse, Robert Colman, Lionel Newton
New Times
Permit Yourself what You Know: Dawid Minnaar, John Kani
Style: Basil Jones & Adrian Kohler, Fats Dibeco, Arthur Molepo, Seputla Sebogodi, Tony Bentel, Leila Henriques, Sello Maake Ka Ncube
Relentlessness: Robert Whitehead, Dorothy Ann Gould, Ramolao Makhene, Jamie Bartlett, Gilda Blacher, Joss Levine
Legacy
"Why Theatre?"
Writing: Nadine Gordimer, Jennifer Ferguson, Paul Slabolepszy, Sipho Sepamla, Mtutuzeli Matshoba
Directing: Lara Foot Newton, Clare Stopford, Robyn Orlin, Grethe Fox, Richard E. Grant, Wesley France, Peter Piccolo, Michele Maxwell, Jana Cilliers, Bruce Koch, Michael Maxwell, Janet Suzman, Busi Zokufa, Motshabi Tyelele, Gina Benjamin, Sheila Fugard, Megan Kruskal, Kate Edwards, Christo Leach
Legacy: Mark Fleishman, Ariel Dorfman
Epilogue
Epitaph to Joe Slovo
Appendices
The Authors
Acknowledgements